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Find a Therapist or Counselor in Mental Health,
Marriage and Family Therapy or Addictions Counseling in
Tacoma, Lakewood,
University Place, Steilacoom, Fife, Puyallup, WA. Washington State

Counselors by Location

Irene Farsje  MA, LMHC  (253) 380-1399
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
2412 North 30th Street, Suite 102, Tacoma, WA 98407-6322
Niche Specialty©: Depression. Adults who are depressed or anxious, have low self-esteem and are motivated to work on the problem.
Location: In Old Town next to the community park.
General Practice Area: Supporting adults and couples in tapping into their natural strengths and abilities to find happiness, peace and contentment. Working with a wide range of issues, including but not limited to: anxiety, stress, adjustment and transitions, depression, grief and loss, self-acceptance, self-esteem, marriage and couples counseling, communication, relationship problems, divorce counseling, personal growth, recovery from childhood neglect and abuse. Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behavioral, Person Centered, Interpersonal, Solution Oriented Therapies.

Ignition Point, LLC
Kathy Kovich  MA LMHC NCC  (253) 238-8820
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
917 Pacific Ave., Suite 212, Tacoma, WA 98402
Niche Specialty©: Alzheimers, Memory Loss. Although I offer support with ANY serious or terminal illness, I have chosen to specialize in Alzheimer's and other dementia issues, as these are difficult to deal with when you are on your own.
Location: Building is on Pacific Ave., between 9th and 10th streets
General Practice Area: I work with patients and families who are dealing with serious and terminal illnesses. I work primarily with seniors and specialize in patients and families dealing with Alzheimer's and dementia. I offer support and help in dealing with all aspects of dealing with a serious or terminal illness and will travel to any location that is comfortable for the client and the family--a nursing home, hospital, family home, or other place. In addition to resources, I help create a safe and comfortable space for families and patients to deal with potentially uncomfortable issues, such as end of life planning or facilitating discussion toward resolution of family issues around the illness or death of the client. [ Email Kathy Kovich ]

Soul Care Psychotherapy
Joanna Robinson  M.Div. M.Ed. LMHC  (253) 761-8808
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Stadium District, Tacoma, WA 98403
Niche Specialty©: Spirituality - Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy. Helping clients discover the soulful intention of their life's journey, even during times of crisis, suffering or change.
Location: Located near Stadium High School
General Practice Area: Individual adults and adolescents, couples, and families. I work intentionally with the real-life issues people bring in--depression counseling, anxiety counseling, grief counseling, couple and marriage counseling, and counseling for relationship problems, infidelity, life transitions, sexual abuse, spiritual issues, GLBT issues, and dream work. My goal is to maintain a sense of contemplative attention to the spiritual dimension as it interfaces uniquely with a client's belief system. Techniques: Jungian psychotherapy, object-relations therapy, family systems theory, and energy work.

Bill Meleney  MA, LMFT, LMHC  (206) 903-9506
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Mental Health Counselor
3609 S. 19th St., Tacoma, WA 98405-1918
Niche Specialty©: Coaching. Coaching occurs primarily on the phone and with email and offers more flexibility frequency of contact than in-office counseling. It is appropriate for people who do not have a mental health diagnosis and who are seeking a particular goal (tho it may not yet be well-formed) and who are action-oriented.Coaching is not covered by insurance.
Location: Belmore Professional Building, near 19th and Union
General Practice Area: I am a general practitioner with vast experience with epression, anxiety, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), sexual abuse and emotional trauma recovery. I also work extensively with pain and habit control. I specialize in relationship problems, including difficult parenting challenges and couples and marriage counseling & coaching and infertility issues. My coaching practice specializes in relationships, parenting challenges, ADD/ADHD, and people going through life-transitions. Counseling techniques include hypnosis, solution-focused therapy,cognitive therapy, emotionally-focused and communications orientations. Children, adolescents, adults, couples & families. I am on the panels of most insurance companies. [ Email Bill Meleney ] [ to counselor - therapist website ]

Judith Capili
Judith Capili  MA, LMHC  (206) 781-5611
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
2211 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402
Niche Specialty©: Mindfullness Counseling and Psychotherapy. Mindfulness is an intrinsic part of the method(s) I use in making change.
Location: in the Good Shepherd Center in the Wallingford area of Seattle,
General Practice Area: Counseling individual adult men and women seeking relief from symptoms such as anxiety, depression, panic, trauma, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), addiction, artists creativity blocks and career/job/life changes and exploring meaning, purpose and vision for their lives. Life coaching and Jungian-based psychotherapies such as Process Oriented Psychology, Voice Dialog, Art Therapy, dream work and archetypal psychology. Certified EMDR Therapist for trauma work related to a single incident trauma such as an auto accident or more complicated PTSD symptoms and Dissociative Disorders. Couples work employing the concepts of Scharch, John Gottman and Focused Couples Therapy. Individuals, couples, and woman's therapy group. [ Email Judith Capili ]

Charaine Herald  PhD  (253) 564-1193
Licensed Psychologist
1614 South Mildred, Suite B, Tacoma, WA 98465-1626
Location: in James Center across from Tacoma Community College.
General Practice Area: Anxiety and depression, trauma recovery (including recovery from childhood abuse and neglect), relationship problems (repairing and strengthening relationships, identifying and changing recurrent relational patterns that cause problems in living), and eating disorders (primarily bulimic behaviors). Panic attacks and irrational fears, social anxiety, nightmares and flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, mood swings, low self-esteem, anger, grief, feelings of guilt and shame. Chronic pain and other stress-related medical problems. Communication and decision-making difficulties. Life transitions and adjustment issues (e.g., leaving home, separation or divorce, parenting challenges, bereavement, career change, retirement, relocation, coping with chronic illness). Late substance abuse recovery issues (for those who have already completed a treatment program). Psychodynamic, interpersonal, systemic, cognitive-behavioral, EMDR, lifespan integration. Brief and longer-term psychotherapy tailored to each client's unique needs and goals. Adults of all ages, both men and women, and couples counseling. [ Email Charaine Herald ]

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Janet Kurz, MA, RN, RC   (253) 226-9995
2702 1/2 N. Proctor Street, Suite C, Tacoma, WA 98407-5243
Niche Specialty©: Trauma in childhood or adult situations affecting relationships and employment
Location:  across the street from Knapp's Family Restaurant
General Practice Areas: Grief, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) counseling, difficult emotions, confusion, anxiety, depression and eating disorders, military veterans. I work with veterans who have issues related to war time or work experiences. I also work with medical personnel, ambulance personnel, police, and firemen--people who would benefit with a little help processing more quickly difficult experiences related to their job requirements. I use EMDR & DNMS in my work. (DNMS is the treatment of choice for a client who has a history of unmet developmental needs in childhood--flashbacks, nightmares, anger, anxiety, grief, hopelessness, suicidal thoughts, guilt, shame or trauma.) Individual adults--men and women.
      

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Philip Prudhomme, MS, MDiv, LMHC   (253) 272-5734
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
3315 S. 19th Street, Tacoma, WA 98405-1904.
Niche Specialty©: Work with couples who want a more satisfying life together. 
Location: Gloria Dei Lutheran Church facility across from Allenmore Medical Center near 19th and S. Union. 
General Practice Areas: Coping with stress, depression, anxiety, anger, trauma, obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCD), mood swings, panic, not completing tasks, fear and paranoia, lack of closeness to others, grief and loss (death, job, relationship), pain, chronic illness, spiritual growth (finding or following a spiritual path); relationship counseling (advice and help building a healthy love or romance relationship, prevention of relationship problems, communication, decisions and conflict, playfulness); marriage preparation (looking at temperament, personal and couple strengths, premarital counseling, family of origin influences, preparing a wedding ceremony); strengthening the family; parenting problems with difficult children and teens; transitions at work, retirement, divorce; ongoing addiction recovery (after treatment).  Therapeutic approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Pastoral Counseling, Rational Emotive Therapy, and Reality Therapy.  Clients: adults (men and women), couples, men’s group, family counseling, adolescents.  [ Email Phil Prudhomme ]
    

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